One of the great Sufis said: 'A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one.

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.

When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for.

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

No practice exists in isolation.

If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.

Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.

Wisdom of the Ages: Do the aliens on the moon pull down their pants and 'earth' their friends for fun?

What a man sows that shall he and his relations reap.

I support legal immigration.

If the world is upside down the way it is now, wouldn't we have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight?

Of all the sounds that touch my soul these days, the most beautiful one of all is silence.

Meditation is the movement of love. It isn't the love of the one or of the many. It is like water that anyone can drink out of any jar.

I think I can remember being dead. Many times, in winter, I approached Zeus. Tell me, I would ask him, how can I endure the earth?

Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.

It often requires more courage to read some books than it does to fight a battle.

we can't know a road until we travel it. Hearing about it is not enough. We are obliged to travel over it.